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News & Updates September 8, 2026
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UN Women’s 2026 Gender Snapshot: Progress on Women’s Political Leadership Is Stalling

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Originally published on The Diplomatic Insight, IPDS’s sister publication. IPDS is pleased to showcase this report by the TDI News Desk.


Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s 81st High-Level Week, UN Women’s Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2026 finds that women’s political leadership is not just failing to advance but regressing in several countries – even as the UN begins the process of choosing its tenth Secretary-General, a post no woman has held in 81 years.

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